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Getting Beyond Light and Shade

Gateway Talks
Master Rinzai exhorts us to focus our attention on liberation and awakening and not to get distracted by the world.

How to sit Zazen | Zen meditation

A tutorial for Zazen, mediation Zen style

Transcending Mindfulness: 6 | Deeper Shadow

Why does it seem as if we are not in control of our mind? Jamie and Martin discuss 'the shadow' in Zen practice and Psychology.

The Three Types of Zen Students

Gateway talks
We look at the three different classes of Zen students and why the teaching methods of the Zen masters can sometimes seem so bizarre. 

Transcending Mindfulness: 5 | The Awakened Ape

Martin and Jamie explore the concept of ‘Paleo-living’, an attempt at living a more natural way of life inspired by tribal and indigenous cultures
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Transcending Mindfulness

Psychotherapist Jamie Shavdia and Zen Buddhist teacher Martin Goodson, discuss a wide range of topics from the emerging fringes of science, psychology and spirituality.

Transcending Mindfulness: 4 | Self-Esteem v. No-Self

Are the Buddha's teachings on the self reconcilable with the modern notion of self-esteem?

How to Bow

Fundimentals of Zen
The bow teaches surrender through the intelligence of the body. It is a crucial ingredient in Zen training for experiencing awakening.

Win the Game or Lose your Head! A Rohatsu Dharma Talk

A Rohatsu Dharma Talk
Disillusionment and failure can become the vehicle for our liberation.

Death’s Three Messengers

Gateway Talks
A young man on his wedding day finds himself standing in front of Yama, Lord and Judge of the Dead.

Transcending Mindfulness: 3 | The Power of Now

The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle has had a profound effect on western spirituality but is this the same insight we find in Zen Buddhism?

Rinzai 35: Do not follow the 10,000 things

Gateway talks
What is the difference between the regular way of grasping the world which causes suffering and the Zen state of mind that is free from it?
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